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Carol L. Tucker-Foreman

Carol L. Tucker-Foreman, distinguished food policy fellow at the Consumer Federation of America, was USDA Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, 1977-81. Her responsibilities included the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Food and Nutrition Service and elements of the Agricultural Marketing Service.

Articles Written by Carol L. Tucker-Foreman

The Obama Administration’s announcement that ground beef contaminated with any of six additional disease-causing strains of E. coli bacteria is adulterated and must be removed from the market may be the biggest change in meat and poultry safety in the last fifteen years. It is only the second time that the U.S. Department of Agriculture… Continue Reading